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Clones

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A clone is one thing that appears in two lists at once, and editing either side updates both.

Clones are part of Twos Plus. Plus

Clone in Twos: work on one list, update them all | Twos App Watch on YouTube

Why you'd care

Some things genuinely belong in two places. A to-do that is both today's work and part of a project. An item that is on the shopping list and in the recipe.

Copying gives you two things that immediately drift apart. Cloning gives you one thing visible twice, so checking it off in either place checks it off in both.

The 60-second version

  1. 1

    Select it

    Select the thing, or several, and tap Move in the selection bar. See select many things at once.

  2. 2

    Switch to Clone

    At the top of the list picker, switch from Move to Clone.

  3. 3

    Pick the list

    Choose where the clone should also appear. The original stays where it is, and both stay in sync.

Web, Mac, Windows, and Linux

If you prefer dragging, hold ⌥ + drag while you drag a thing to another list.

Going further

Sync is bidirectional and complete. Text, completion, tags, reminders and notes all stay in step, whichever side you edit.

Deleting asks what you mean. Twos never quietly removes every copy, or quietly leaves them behind.

  • Delete a clone and Twos asks whether to remove this copy only or remove all, the original and every linked copy.
  • Delete the original and Twos asks whether to delete the copies too or keep the copies. Kept copies become standalone things that no longer sync.

Use it sparingly. A dozen clones is a system. A hundred is a way to be confused about where anything lives.

Tips

  • The best use is a project to-do that also needs to be on today. Clone rather than move, and finishing it updates the project.
  • If you find yourself cloning the same thing into five lists, a tag is probably the better tool.

If it's not working

Clone is missing or asks me to upgrade, or Alt-drag moved instead of cloning. Clone is a Plus feature. Without it the phone app shows only Move and Copy, the web asks you to upgrade when you pick Clone, and the drag modifier falls back to a plain move.

One side did not update. Both devices need to have synced. Open the app on the stale one.